Eternal Now is an album by trumpeter Don Cherry recorded in 1973 and released on the Swedish Sonet label.[1]
The album was reissued by Sonet on CD in 1996, paired with Live Ankara, with the title The Sonet Recordings.[2]
The AllMusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars stating "the whole point is to explore new musical possibilities and commonalities among cultures. While the results do meander occasionally, Eternal Now on the whole remains a fresh, unpredictable listen."[3]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Aficionados of the Scandinavian scene will cherish a track featuring the great tenorist Bernt Rosengren on tarogato... 'Love Train' is perhaps the most jazz-based piece on the session. The remaining tracks are squarely in the world music idiom that Cherry was to make his own in years to come."[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated
"Gamla Stan – The Old Town by Night" – 8:27
"Love Train" – 7:50
"Bass Figure for Ballatune" (Chris Bothen) – 3:44
"Moving Pictures for the Ear" (Bothen, Cherry) – 9:40
"Tibet" – 7:59
Recorded at Studio Decibel in Stockholm, Sweden on April 30 (tracks 2–4) and May 1 (tracks 1 & 5), 1973.
